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Sandy K.

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One of my new Penn International 30VSW's fell off the dock today into about 10 feet of water. Thinking quickly, my buddy & I grabbed another rod added a weighted treble hook and managed to retrieve the reel in short order. It may have been submerged in the water all of 5 minutes.

Do I need to have this unused reel dis-assembled or will cleaning it off and lubricating it be sufficient??

TIA,
 
I'd take it all apart, clean, thoroughly dry and let sit inside for 24 hrs. Then lube and rebuild. Why take a chance with an expensive reel???
 
"Do I need to have this unused reel dis-assembled or will cleaning it off and lubricating it be sufficient??"

You can clean it off and lubricate it........and then get the real answer around next July after you have used it a few times.

I would have it dis-assembled.
 
Take it apart, Flush it in fresh water,let it dry, re-lube with a grease and oil made for the purpose.
 
Submerged for five-ten minutes and, it's a brand-new reel? It is packed with enough grease to keep the saltwater out. Besides, I don't see anyone taking them apart, after immersion in running water for ten minutes or more. Don't give me any static about corrosion - I know all about it first hand. Between the salt spray, and total immersion from a back down on a fish, there's more water covering reels than you can possibly imagine. Don't sweat it. It's fishing reel made for salt immersion.
 
I have to disagree. Being submerged is not the same as spray or even backdown immersion or surf fishing wave immersion. For the same reason you don't use high pressure washing after saltwater use, you do not want to force salt inside the reel. You do not want saltwater intrusion because after it evaporates it leaves the salt behind. Anyone who cleans their own reels after a heavy season of use in the above conditions has seen the large pockets of salt inside the reel. On the other hand I agree with reefhunter, a good fresh water wash and the reel should do fine, 'cause like he says it's made for abuse. Still, if it were mine, I'd do a good cleaning as soon as time allowed, but I would not let it interfer with my using the reel.
 
Over the years I've owned more than a dozen Penn's. Take it apart n' flush it. You may not eveh have to re-lube it.
THE HANDLE! That big green knob will sieze up on you if you dont get the salt water out of there with mild soapy water.

I snagged one up off the bottom of Prince william sound. The Plating and the plastic was all that was left. Everything else had rotted away.
 
Send it off to Penn in Philadelphia. They will take it apart and clean and regrease it for about ten dollars. You may even be able to hand deliver it, judging by your home base. Philly isn't that far.
 
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